Alias: Gu Gu, Girl, Fructus Toosendan, Fructus Toosendan, Fructus Physalis, Fructus Chaenomelis, Sand Lantern, and Fructus Golden Lantern. Scientific name: Fructus Physalis.
"Mushroom" is also called pineapple fruit and girl, and its scientific name is sour pulp. The supermarket is marked "pearl fruit, USA", which is mostly distributed in the northeast. There is a lantern-shaped skin wrapped outside, and the fruit is yellow and multi-seeded. The immature fruit is turquoise, and the mature fruit has two kinds of yellow and red, and the skin is soft. You can see the fruit after peeling it off. The sweetness of yellow. The red ones are bitter and sweet. Mushroom "is also called" girl ",which is golden yellow when it is ripe. When it is put into the mouth, it can smell a mellow and simple taste.
morphological character
Annual herb, plant height 30~50 cm. Stems angular and hairy. Leaves ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, 2~6 cm long and 1? 5~5 cm, glandular hairy, leaves sharp and pointed, leaf base round, entire or sparsely serrate, petiolate, opposite. A single pale yellow or white flower germinates at the axils of branches or branches. The calyx is bell-shaped, 5-lobed, the lobes are lanceolate and hairy, and the corolla is 5-lobed. The lobes are often purple-striped and hairy at the base. Berries are yellow-green, spherical, covered by swollen persistent calyx, with 5 edges or suborbicular. Mature fruit is bright yellow, which contains a number of small seeds with a diameter of millimeters. The shape is like grapes, and the film has eyes. The fruit is sweet and nutritious. Immature fruit is turquoise. If seeds are squeezed out from the eye without damaging the eye, the film can blow out sound. The flowering period is from February to October, and the fruiting period is from March to October.
geographical distribution
Sunny open land and wasteland below 500 meters above sea level. Location: Jilin, Hebei, Xinjiang, Shandong and other places. In addition, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, northeastern Inner Mongolia and other places are also produced. Heilongjiang has production, especially in Yi 'an County of Qiqihar, which is listed in summer and autumn and has a long storage time.
Medicinal value
The chemical composition contains carotenoids, acid-berries.
The taste is sour and cold. Nanjing Folk Herbs: "Treating sore throat and swelling." Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine: "Clearing lung and stomach heat, relieving stagnation and stopping sore throat. "Treat swollen throat, throat wind, all sores and swelling, and women's bloody collapse."
Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 1.5~3 RMB; Or grind it. External use: decoct, wash, pound or grind to powder and blow throat.
It is advisable to avoid ① Records of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shaanxi: "It is forbidden for those who have diarrhea due to deficiency." Mindong Materia Medica: "It has the function of abortion, so pregnant women should not use it."